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Newspaper
The Indianapolis Journal
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
4
August plans include time at Wequetonsing and Northern resorts. A flurry of social itinerary updates lists Mrs. Henry Rauh and family returning from Europe, visits among Covington and Cincinnati connections, and preparations for gatherings at North Capitol avenue and the Meridian.
Excerpt blends a Bunyan meditation with a small ad for gold filled eyeglasses and jewelry by J. P. Mullally at 2% Monument Place. The line shows religious phrasing about contentment and pilgrimage paired with a storefront notice offering eyeglasses priced from one to two dollars and a jewelry trade address.
Dan F E Storms and Dan E Simms, from Tippecanoe County, were in town with Storms, a Republican candidate for secretary of state, and Simms, a Democratic committee member from the Tenth district. They discussed county conventions at Veedersburg, voting machines, and political divides while sampling hotel life. Storms noted a strong Republican outlook for Fountain County, citing East and West voting machine experience and recent Rochester results. Emison and Lockard offered brief remarks on local politics and fraternal orders during hotel stays.
A. J. Balfour and Lord Salisbury noted monthly assessments rising to 125000 dollars with 26000000 paid to about 15000 deceased members’ beneficiaries. They claim no profits to anyone, a claim Roger Rockefeller found hard to credit. Local reports mention Clark county factional talks easing after swift city elections. Thomas Taggart, tied to French Lick hotel, arrived from the springs. Guests Fred E. Holloway and Hugh Dougherty, Bluffton and Sullivan residents, visited the Grand and Hotel English in Indianapolis.
Delegations gathered to caucus under trees with placards marking voting groups and then sat before the platform after deciding how to vote. Mirthful banter follows between Storms and Simms as they head to the station. Simms jokes about a gum-shoe campaign and vows to thwart Storms’s election. Meanwhile Indiana Bankers Association leaders prepare for today’s executive council meeting at Denison Hotel with Maj. Lupton arriving.
Frank Keiper of the United States Standard Voting Machine Company visits Denison for the Indiana Voting Machine Commission meeting chaired by Hugh Dougherty of Bluffton. The commission will review the Cummings machine and has already approved the United States Standard and the Columbian machines. If a machine is rejected no official report is issued. Counties may choose among approved models for forthcoming elections. Keiper notes 5 to 7 machines in New York and usage in Detroit Milwaukee Hartford and Terre Haute with six machines planned for November. An obstacle in the way of Marton.
Daniel Goodridge an eighteen year old colored youth was arrested by Patrolman Gunsolus in Greenwood after the marshal sought Indianapolis police aid for a wanted man theft of a watch and a pair of shoes. He faced petit larceny and fugitive charges as officers pursued him through local negro haunts.
The report notes yesterday's cool start with 6:30 am readings and compares July temperatures in history, citing 49 degrees on July 31 18%, 50 degrees on July 1 1882, and 100 to 106 degree marks in prior years. Mr Blythe predicts a warmer week ahead while George W Brown leads fund canvassing efforts for a purchase.
The Arsenal grounds for a National Technical Institute site reported two subscriptions received yesterday. One was for 10 dollars and the other for 5080 dollars. Mr Brown states the 150 dollars needed to complete the purchase will be raised.
Jessie Bartlett Davis headlined at Fair Bank for a second week with The Last Rose of Summer. She drew large applause and encored amid cool weather, performing four songs including Beyond the Gates and Oh Promise Me. Osten dorf’s concert band offered nightly variety as Fairview Park hosted polar bears, vaudeville acts, and a double and triple bill with Indianapolis Military Band set for tonight.
Daly sang two songs while Billy and Tillie De Witte performed several turns at Avondale Heights last night. Gyp Lorraine announced a park appearance tonight and in the future. The crowd proved to be large.
A Lansing dispatch reports Governor Bliss refused to issue a requisition for Mrs Fannie Cooley McGowan arrested in Anderson on overdrawing a pension set aside for her father a Methodist minister. The case involves debt collection actions by a Kalamazoo deputy sheriff and would be affected if Governor Durbin chose to honor a Michigan requisition.
The Mooreland Rural Telephone Company was incorporated yesterday with a $10,000 capital and will operate in Henry Wayne Randolph and Delaware counties. The Midland Improvement Company plans real estate business in Midland Greene county, with $10.00 capital and directors James D. Showers Fred Matthews and W S Bradfute of Bloomington. The Chandelier and Art Brass Works of Richmond was incorporated with $50,000 capital and directors Sharon E. Jones Samuel W. Gaar Michael T. Gleason Henry C. Teeter Benjamin Starr W H Campbell and J R Rupe.
Herman Waltman of Wallace’s circus reportedly died in Ansaz City. A YMCA camp party led by Rev Worth M Tippy set out for Lake Wawasee with Walter Boyd Arthur Guendel and E H Henderson. The Marion county Democratic committee will open headquarters Aug 11 in Thorp block East Market street. Eagles discuss carnival in September no event this year. Fall festival and society horse show planned for October show grounds. Funeral of Mrs Catherine Hinds set this afternoon at 117 West Eleventh Street. Poel charged with cruelty to animals after breaking a horse’s shoulder during exhausting work. a veterinarian treated the injured animal.
Ease and relaxation are understood by Oriental races and American women adopt negligee garments like the short kimono. Not an exact replica, it includes essential features and serves as a dressing sacque. The illustrated model is admirable and adaptable to many materials. The original uses Japanese cotton crepe with a band.
The piece reviews plain colored Japanese silk options with red flow, and muslin and dimities for warm days. It notes French and Scotch flannel and flannelette as ideal for cooler weather, and suggests handsomer sacques from figured oriental fabrics or foulard.
Consul Gudger reports five mile range fight between Padilla Guitan and two government vessels with no damage. Ranger commander Potter forbids bombardment. Navy notes insurgents warned. Panama fleet sails with reinforcements toward General Bertis army at Agua Dulce to engage Padilla and end revolution if victorious.
Chicago July 21 news reports a disappearance of nearly 36 dollars from the Masonic Temple Safety Deposit vaults last Saturday sparking a bank run. A large crowd of depositors queued for verification of signatures and vault staff struggled to process the demand while police secured the scene.
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